A patient portal is an internet-based platform that lets you view medical records and connect with your health care professional. When you use the portal, it means you don’t have to call the ...

Concerns about data security among non-users persist across portal types. For example, 77% of those who use health insurance portals feel they’re secure, compared with just 35% of respondents ...

As patient portal usage increased, after one year the hospital began to invest in adding more functions to the portal. For example, to simplify and streamline the scheduling process, online and ...

Patient portals can centralize patient care, acting as a hub for staff, practitioners and patients. For some practices, the right patient portal may be transformative toward offering ...

For the previous patient portal poll, a different sample of older adults was asked about patient portal use, but both samples were weighted to reflect the population of U.S. adults aged 50 to 80 ...

Health care has become an ordeal for patients due to its skyrocketing complexity, uncertainty, and cost for treatments and prescription medications, too many of which turn out to be dangerous drugs.

Patient engagement with electronic health information through online medical records or patient portals spiked during the COVID-19 pandemic, but racial and ethnic disparities persisted, according ...

When Congress prohibited “information blocking” under the 21st Century Cures Act, it made no reference to patient portals. And yet, hospitals and other providers throughout the country have ...

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Older Americans are increasingly likely to log into "patient portals" to access their healthcare information -- but confidence levels vary. About 78% of people aged 50 to 80 now use at least one ...

More information: Marianne Sharko et al, Portal Confidentiality Concerns and Health Information Sharing and Access, JAMA Pediatrics (2024). DOI: 10.1001/jamapediatrics.2024.3688 Provided by Weill ...

Health literacy plays a key role in patient engagement, and it may contribute to wider health disparities among older adults. A study from Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine in ...